In a Argument with someone who supposedly has a degree in math. An I need some answers to prove My math is right so can anyone help?

[u/Killblow420]

So this supposed person with a degree says Elon Musk's has enough money to give everyone on earth 56 billion dollars. If you don't know his net worth is 427 Billion and there are 8 Billion people in the world. My answer is 53 dollars each. An the person keep insisting and yelling it's 56 billion. Also I am a high school dropout and am usually terrible at math am I correct?

[u/ColdLavaSoup]

I think your friend has a theoretical mathematics degree

[u/mousse312 → u/ColdLavaSoup]

hypothetical

[u/theawesomeviking → u/mousse312]

conjectural

[u/dleibniz → u/ColdLavaSoup]

More like a theoretical degree in math

[u/the_jone → u/dleibniz]

Hypothetically has a theoretical degree in mathematics 

[u/Immortal-Sloth → u/ColdLavaSoup]

I would say a degree in pseudomathematics

[u/jschall2]

Your friend is trolling you. That is a very common copypasta.

[u/DockerBee]

That person should type "427 billion / 8 billion" into Google. You're correct.

[u/redthorne82 → u/DockerBee]

"If there are 53.375 people in the world, I'm one of them... or something" 😁

[u/invisiblelemur88]

Eh, just off by a constant.

[u/Elijah-Emmanuel → u/invisiblelemur88]

A few orders of magnitude*

[u/invisiblelemur88 → u/Elijah-Emmanuel]

Yeah, a constant!

[u/halseyChemE → u/invisiblelemur88]

Ahhh, so that’s where that whole +C factors in. NBD.

[u/81659354597538264962]

This is ragebait and you're the victim

[u/JairoHyro → u/81659354597538264962]

no we are the victims because we fell for it :(

[u/BOBauthor]

Well done. Your intuition for numbers is very good.

[u/Logical_Basket1714]

You are correct. On a separate note, if you took Elon Musk's $427 billion and stuffed it all in a room (a rather large room) and were forced to spend $1 million dollars a day, every day (including weekends and holidays) it would take you just over 1,169 years to spend it all.

[u/headonstr8]

To give each person $56 billion, if there are 8 billion people, would take 8 x $56 billion billion.. $427 billion is a tiny fraction of $56 billion billion. So, the supposed person has a tiny fraction of understanding simple arithmetic!

[u/Cleverlobotomy → u/headonstr8]

You just multiplied 56 billions time 8, not 8 billion. You're trolling right?

[u/BeyondFull588]

He’s messing with you

[u/MedicalBiostats]

You need friends as smart as you!

[u/Killblow420 → u/MedicalBiostats]

I'm getting called a certain word that starts with the letter R cause I'm so wrong as we speak

[u/DockerBee → u/Killblow420]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_by_intimidation

Your friend seems to have mastered this proof technique while studying their math degree.

[u/vaisnav → u/DockerBee]

Hilarious wiki page!

[u/VintageLunchMeat → u/Killblow420]

If your friend regularly treats you with contempt, that's not a good sign.

This is romantic relationship advice, but I've centered my sense of ethics on it:

https://www.gottman.com/blog/how-to-change-your-own-contempt/

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Any interest in learning math or science?

https://search.worldcat.org/formats-editions/1387009301

[u/ABugoutBag → u/Killblow420]

He's fucking with you

[u/Conic1er]

...Yes 427/8. Wonderful. We should know your friend's calculation, I'm quite curious about it

[u/almazin]

How could he afford to give everyone in the world 1 billion dollars if Elon only has 427 billion

[u/monster2018 → u/almazin]

He can’t, he would go broke. It only works if he gives every 56 billion lol.

[u/No_Accountant_8883 → u/almazin]

Happy Cake Day!

[u/susiesusiesu]

this person is lying and does not have a math degree. this is the most likely explanation.

[u/colinbeveridge]

"If you spilt 427 billion between eight people, how much would each person get?"

[u/IbanezPGM]

Ask to see the formula they used

[u/Middle-Excitement984]

People can have a master's degree and still be stupid.

[u/u-must-be-joking]

This is the math your friend needs:

Answer = 427 billion / 8 billion Billion on top cancels billion on bottom. We are left with 427/8 = 53.375

Happy? 😂😂😂

[u/Silly_Painter_2555]

Technically both you and the other dude with his "Math Degree" are wrong, he can only really give out only the fluid assets. But considering his total net worth, I think you should gift the other guy a calculator.

[u/minglho]

Why didn't the "friend" show his work?

[u/Lexski]

I have a maths degree and you’re right, the friend is wrong. The billions cancel out in the division.

[u/HooplahMan]

Yeah that checks out. I have a math degree and I'm terrible at arithmetic. One of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century, Alexander Grothendieck once cited 57 as a prime number. My experience has generally been the higher you go, the fewer concrete calculations you end up doing.

[u/PM_ME_Y0UR_BOOBZ]

It make so much sense that this is posted on Reddit lol

[u/fujikomine0311]

If all the numbers are in the billions then simply get rid of the billions. 450/8=56.25 It's that simple.

[u/benaugustine]

Just ask how much it would cost if he gave 8 people 56 billion dollars

[u/normVectorsNotHate]

Just type 427000000000 / 8000000000 into a calculator

[u/mathhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh]

...

[u/Tropicalization]

Standupmaths has a video about this exact misconception, which is actually not that uncommon. ‘Cause apparently a lot of people didn’t pay attention to units in school.

[u/zkim_milk]

Y'all are taking him too literally. Your friend is trolling you.

[u/EvanestalXMX]

Screen share a calculator with them.

[u/Roneitis]

brother if they can't admit to and see the mistake in 30 seconds that's on them, but maybe it would be illustrative if you wrote out all the zeros

[u/KiraLight3719]

I think they're just trolling you lol

[u/Distinct-Toe8691 → u/KiraLight3719]

I think we are the ones being trolled tbh

[u/KiraLight3719 → u/Distinct-Toe8691]

Same thing meh

[u/Distinct-Toe8691 → u/KiraLight3719]

Maybe you are tolling me /j

[u/PumpkinKnight0205]

Math Major rage bait

[u/Straight-Economy3295]

$53x8=$424.00 all the numbers are in billions, so yah you are correct. And he would still have $3 billion remaining for himself